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What happened in history on this day: May 2?
On May 2 in ...
- 1941 - The Federal Communications Commission agrees to let regular scheduling of TV broadcasts by commercial TV stations begin on July 1.
- 1965 - The "Early Bird" satellite is used to transmit television pictures across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 2003 - Fox releases the film X2: X-Men United to theaters.
- 2008 - Marvel Entertainment releases the film Iron Man to theaters in the USA. Marvel produced the film itself, at a cost of about US$150 million plus US$75 million in marketing.
- 2023 - About 11,500 film and television writers of the Writers Guild of America go on strike in the USA; previous strike was 15 years ago.
Births on May 2
- 1900 - Birth of Helen Morgan; singer/actress (Applause, Frankie and Johnny).
- 1902 - Birth of Brian Aherne in Worcester, England; actor (Simon Templar - The Saint radio show, Juarez, GE Theatre, Rawhide, Twilight Zone, Robert Montgomery Presents).
- 1902 - Birth of Erin O'Brien-Moore in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl).
- 1907 - Birth of Pinky Lee AKA Pincus Leff in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; children's show host (Pinky Lee Show) (dies 1993).
- 1908 - Birth of William Bakewell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Stage manager - Pinky Lee Show).
- 1913 - Birth of Nigel Patrick in London, England; actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold).
- 1919 - Birth of Than Wyenn in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Pete Kelly's Blues).
- 1924 - Birth of Theodore Bikel; Austrian/American folk singer/actor (The Russians Are Coming, Another Day, Dynasty, Falcon Crest).
- 1925 - Birth of John Neville; actor (Adventures of Baron Münchausen, X-Files, Amazon, The Eleventh Hour).
- 1925 - Birth of Roscoe Lee Browne in Woodbury, New Jersey, USA; actor (All in the Family, McCoy, Maude, Sanford and Son, Good Times, Barney Miller, Saunders - Soap, The Cosby Show (1986, Emmy award)).
- 1932 - Birth of Bruce Glover in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Diamonds are Forever).
- 1936 - Birth of Quinn Redeker in Woodstock, Illinois, USA; actor (Dan Raven, The Young and the Restless).
- 1937 - Birth of Lorenzo Music in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (voice of Garfield the cat, voice of the unseen Carlton the Doorman - Rhoda TV show), writer/producer (The Bob Newhart Show).
- 1940 - Birth of Roger Robinson in Seattle, Washington, USA; actor (Warren - Friends, Newman's Law).
- 1947 - Birth of Jo Ann Pflug in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actress (MASH, Candid Camera, Rituals).
- 1952 - Birth of Christine Baranski in Buffalo, New York, USA; actress (Maryann - Cybil, Birdcage).
- 1959 - Birth of Brian Tochi in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Dr Alan Poe - St Elsewhere, Renegades).
- 1962 - Birth of Elizabeth Berridge in Westchester, New York, USA; actress (Amadeus, Funhouse, The John Larroquette Show, Powers That Be).
- 1977 - Birth of Jenna Von Oy; actress (Six LeMeure - Blossom, The Parkers).
- 1990 - Birth of Kay Panabaker; actress (Summerland, Phil of the Future).
Deaths on May 2
- 1973 - Alan Carney, actor (Herbie - Take it from Me), dies at age 61.
- 1982 - Death of Helmut Dantine, American actor/director/producer, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, of a massive coronary at age 64 (born 1917).
- 1982 - Hugh Marlowe, actor (Ellery Queen, Jim Matthews - Another World), dies at age 71.
- 1984 - Death of Jack Barry at age 66 of cardiac arrest; game show emcee (Twenty One TV show, The Joker's Wild TV show).
- 1985 - Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at age 71 after cardiac surgery.
- 1990 - David Rappaport, 3-foot 11-inch actor (Wizard, L.A. Law), shoots himself to death at age 38.
- 1995 - Michael Hordern, actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at age 83.
- 2000 - Death of Bob Homme at age 81 of prostate cancer; host of CBC TV show The Friendly Giant.
- 2015 - Death of Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress (born 1925).
- 2022 - Death of Kailia Posey in Whatcom County, Washington, USA, by suicide at age 16; actor (Toddlers & Tiaras).
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